ARTEL Liquid Handler Performance Verification Service

Outsource your liquid handler QA with a customized service and gain the confidence you need. 

Overview 

• Artel's experts take care of the specialized and critical task of Performance Qualification (PQ) - allowing you to focus on your work
• Per your requirements, includes standardized and/or customized volume transfer assessment for most makes and models of automated liquid handlers
• Includes documented performance results that are traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Uses the MVS, a standardized volume verification system, to ensure repeatability of liquid handler methods between laboratories or locations
• Provides tip-by-tip and well-by-well statistics for volumes transferred into 96-well or 384-well microtiter plates
• Includes precision and accuracy assessment for all tips
• Determines dilution step accuracy for dilutions up to 1:2048 of the starting material 
• Analyzes non-aqueous solution volume transfers 

With this service, you can expect:

• Volume transfer performance assessment for scheduled or periodic services for liquid handlers in multiple locations
• Site acceptance testing of new equipment 
• Consultation and guidance in writing operating procedures and methods for assays
• Compliance with internal SOPs and documentation procedures
• Thorough performance validation of equipment after repair and maintenance
• Real-time assistance in method optimization to ensure assay data integrity
• Side-by-side comparison of dispensed volumes between different automated methods and different liquid handlers (method-to-method or device-to-device comparisons)
• Development and evaluation of new volume transfer strategies, i.e., to show cause-and-effect volume-based measurements after manipulations to method parameters and liquid class settings
  • Reverse mode pipetting vs. forward mode
  • Air gap use
  • Tip touches
  • Dispense rates/heights
  • Wet dispense vs. dry dispense

…and much more.